Two striking impressions from a recent trip to Singapore. The first was the convergence of digital and creative. This was exemplified by simultaneous trade shows Communic Asia and Broadcast Asia. Whilst always at the tech-y end of the spectrum the …
Why is that the weather's always glorious during the week and then come Saturday it pours with rain? Well, maybe not always, but certainly that's been the pattern here the last two weekends. Never mind, it's provided the perfect excuse …
Flags across Japan flew at half mast on Sunday 11 March, to commemorate the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that claimed so many thousands of lives. The country paused for a minute's silence at 1446, the exact moment …
From Mike Leigh to chimney linings, the King’s Speech to plastic traffic barriers and young British actresses to networked TV and internet solutions. It was just another two weeks in the life of UKTI Germany and the range of work …
11 November may mean Remembrance Day in the UK, but in Japan it's Pocky Day - well, they're perfectly formed to make a 3D version of 11.11.11. It's also Cheese Day, for reasons which I've been unable to ascertain. I …
When I leave our new office at Daresbury Laboratory, if the traffic on the M56 is snarled up, I occasionally take a short cut through Daresbury village going past All Saints Church. Famously the curate of this church in 1832 …
Answer - when you're the owner of the "World's Worst Driver" TV format. Licensing fees have been pouring in for the format from around the world. Germany set out to find the "World's Worst Cook", Denmark the "World's Worst Husband" and Sweden …
He must have had an incredibly busy year. That was my first thought when discovering my partner for an upcoming discussion on the UK economy was not only the former Mayor of Berlin, but the one who had been in …
How many of today's audience will be wearing ties? Given the range of companies the UKTI Germany team have been bringing to the embassy on inward missions of late, I never know quite what to expect - but I have …
So reads my list of interesting contacts made on the first day of Gamescom 2011, the largest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment in Europe. Suit-wearers were not only outnumbered by those with facial piercings at this Cologne-based trade …
